22, 34 and the meganumber is 8. >> sal, do you have an update on our commute? yes, we just found out about an accident or stalled vehicle on the shoulder and we will show you that coming up in the next report but right now we are looking at san jose and 85 and 17, we will be watching that closely because of the memorial service and on the sunole grade, we are heading south, let's go back to the desk. it happened hours ago, a chilling threat from north korea, it involves weapons in the united states. and we are attending the public memorial honoring two fallen heroes. winds are not much of a factor, cool temperatures in the 30s and 40s and we will tell you about increased chances of rain in your

afternoon forecast, stay tuned.

. getting ready to say goodbye, we will tell you about the procession getting ready to

leave in a few hours. a horrible hit-and-run, what police are saying about the driver. we have rain showers coming offshore and coming up i will let you know when it is coming up in your neighborhood. and threat, how the un hopes to address it. ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> good morning, thank you for joining us this thursday march 7th, i am pam cook. >> and i am dave clark and we will check weather and traffic but first we are going to weather with mark, good to see you. most of the bay area is dry right now and we have some rain showers offshore and that will be the key. here is the radar loop over the past three hours and the most imagery will come in tighter with our mapping system and you will notice we have a few

sprinkles and cloud cover in santa rosa but things will change, we will break down the rainfall timing and first sal has an update on traffic. we have an accident on university avenue and fire crews and medics are on the way. the fire truck is just pulling up and lanes are open but traffic will be slowing down as you pass the scene and as we pull back you can see traffic is already backed up all the way to albany hill. what will happen is, some emergency crews will take up the lanes and soon we will have a bigger slow down. as you can see flashing lights are always bad for the commute especially when it is dark out there. 6:02 let's go back to the desk. it is a sad day of mourning as two fallen heros are laid to

rest in a huge public memorial. sergeant baker and butler are being laid to rest. sergeant baker was getting ready to retire. detective butter worked as a patrol officer and hostage negotiator. -- butler -- detective butler worked as a patrol officer and whose and -- hostage negotiator. >> reporter: you can see they are leading straight to highway 17 and that's where the procession will lead to in santa cruz. you can see the line of cones that have been set up for the several rose of vehicles expected to a -- rows of vehicles expected to arrive in the next few hours and the parking lot is getting prepared

for the 200 vehicle expected to take part. they will be escorting family members down to san jose and the hp pavilion and that's the best place for people expected to attend. this mourning process will continue long after today is over. hundreds last night came to pay respects last night and that followed a private viewing for private family members. >> i knew i had to be here tell them goodbye and that they are my heroes. >> i just walked out with an overwhelming feeling of what a terrible waste it was for two great human beings lives.

>> it will arrive some time after 7:00. in that 30-mile plus stretch, they will go at 30 miles per hour in a single lane and it could take awhile for them to make it to their destination. chp is not allowing them to pass that convoy and a procession of cars will be hitting highway 18 and 87 and if we come back out here live, you can see the tents and that vehicle is set up at the far end of the parking lot. again, this entire parking lot is expected to be filled as the morning progresses in the next couple of hours and again we will keep an eye on the situation and we will keep an eye on things and keep you

updated. claudine wong ktvu channel 2 morning news. the procession ends at san jose hp pavilion, the place which is large enough to hold the 18,000 mourners. former secretary of defense leon panetta and pamela harris are expected to speak at the service. american idol star james durbin was requested to sing along during the memorial. you can stay here all day long for special coverage of the memorial and the special coverage begins in just a few hours. they will begin with a sour visit beginning at noon -- begin with a service beginning at noon. a major hit-and-run crash

happened in santa clara. it happened 1:30 this morning just north of the great america parkway. witnesses say the suspect's career ended a white pickup truck sending it barreling into a tree. the driver suffered major head injuries. the suspect has faced felony hit-and-run as well as dui charges. they are stunned to learn a young man was killed and the victim's body was found in guadeloupe park and he had been stabbed several times and he was in his 20s. several people no longer feel safe in their neighborhood where homes routinely sell for over a million dollars. investigators don't have any suspects at this time. a suspect is due to appear

in court, including assault weapons, bomb making materials and they said they would send a bomb threat and they found three assault weapons while searching his home along with explosive weapons. ktvu channel 2 morning news' brian flores is telling us about a vote this morning which has made north korea so angry, brian? >> reporter: it comes ahead of imposing new sanctions on north korea because of its nuclear tests. they are said to stymie the activity for those who funnel money as well as suspicious sea and air cargo and technology used to uranium enrichment.

this comes in response to the nuclear missile test on february 12th and they canceled the cease-fire which ended the civil war with the south. despite that, they still believe they are years away and none the less they have noticed an increasing. the drills are usually grant in scale. analysts are septembers tall on whether the sanctions will work as north korea continues to use advanced technology. -- advanced weapons technology. this crash we showed you at the top of the hour, on the shoulder, partially in that right lane and that's because the emergency lights are

sticking out but the traffic is already slow on 80 and stretched into el cerrito and soon it will be stretched into richmond give yourself extra time, it is still a big distraction for drivers as you can see. there is a little bit of a delay, it is not quite full and you still have time to get through and there are no problems getting into the city. by the way if you are driving on the peninsular it's not a bad commute and we have a very nice drive on interstate 280. it is 6:10 let's go to mark tamayo. showers are redeveloping and we have clouds developing becoming partly cloudy and temperatures will be warming up. here is the latest on live

tracker 2 radar and you can see the bulk of the rain is out to the west. we have been watching it over the last few days and they are showing potential tracks which mean a dry forecast and this area here will mean a wet forecast which is the eventual track. this is close enough to warrant shower chances and it will bring snow levels down to 1,000 feet. sprinkles are closing in and temperatures are off to a cold start. san jose is 41. once again this is a system we are watching basically skirting the coastline headed to southern california for today and we have a chance of a thunderstorm and snow levels are coming down to 1,000 feet. there is lots of clouds cover and in the afternoon we bump up

for the southern half of the region. we are watching one system. there is a slight chance for a sprinkle in the north but not a big deal. it is mostly cloudy skies, we have a chance of a shower and showers are developing this afternoon and temperatures are mainly in the upper 50s and we will be warming up this weekend, temperatures by sunday in the upper 60s. time now 6:11, cars that start on their own, we will tell you about a new recall and which company is involved. a 13 hour standoff, the important nomination for cia director and one person was determined to be put in the spotlight. what happened inside that burning house?

we will tell you more, stay tuned.

. welcome back, it is now 6:15 and a sheriff's deputy is hailed a hero, it was caught on dash-cam individual yes. an elderly -- video. an elderly woman had gotten out but her husband was inside trying to save the dog.

he helped the husband and the dog and everybody made it out safely. locally owned pet food express is matching the $10,000 reward from the police union and the officer's pet dog was poisoned last friday. while at the vet somebody stole items from his home and poisoned his police dog. the pet dog died and the police dog is recovering. 21 un police keepers are being held by syrian rebels. they say they will hold them until syrian troops withdraw from the area. the peacekeepers are from the philippines and they are trying to get a cease fires -- cease- fire along the border of the two countries. they are official

business after the filibuster which lasted until early this morning. he is live with us this morning, are you awake, scott? >> we are, senators are now too, it was a 13 hour filibuster, it is not a record, dave but it was a spectacle to be sure. rand paul ran with aspirations. the senator remained standing from about noon yesterday to well passed midnight punching candy bars for energy. he was protesting the out of drones and john brennan. he senators what been stonewalled. >> how do they treat the senate, they will not even respond to us much less the american people when i asked these questions. he responded only when his

nomination was threatened. >> they joined him giving him a speaking break during the course of the night but there is no indication his confirmation is in any jeopardy. scott mcfarland, ktvu channel 2 morning news. a man was arrested for hitting and killing a 17-year- old girl. brewer appeared in court for the first time. his breathalyzer test was barely above the legal limit but he hit her when she was crossing saturday night. she had just finished celebrating her birthday with friends and he is facing up to 10 years in prison. subaru is recalling 70,000 vehicles because the engines can start on their own.

the problems are with the keys which have remote starters mean if they are dropped can start on their own. they are recalling many vehicles which can be found on the website. they are taking on muni's practice of kicking off some of their passengers before they reach their destination. they want to reduce the number of those switch backs. muni said they have to do it sometimes to stop a bus or train short of its destination when the roots get back -- routes get backed up. this disproportionately affects outlying areas. 6:19 is the time right now and sal is checking in on that crash and flowing traffic, sal?

we first showed it at 6:00 and it is on the shoulder and traffic is getting by but people are distracted by what is getting on there and you can still see the crash and traffic is flowing in from rich mop and then it gets better. hopefully we will have a lighter than usual commute and hopefully we are getting a little bit of a break. 5el 0 and highway 4 has slowed and rock. 6:20 let's go to mark tamayo. we are looking at the beautiful bay bridge and we are starting out with mostly cloudy skies, some rain showers are close by and as a result we are

holding on to rain showers and you can see all of this activity offshore and there is a little bit of some green on point ray but we have a better bet as we head to the afternoon hours. you definitely want to bundle up, right now hayward 43 and mountain view 44. there is the circulation right around point arena and this will be the source of a few more rain showers and we have the possible snow coming down and for the mountains of san bernardino and they could be approaching 5 inches. here is the forecast model and it does bring up shower chances and we will have scattered chances by four this afternoon. all showers will be approaching the coastline at that time.

and tomorrow morning we will warm things back up by the weekend. . thank you mark, well the number of unemployment continues to slip and 340,000 filed for initial claims and that's down 7,000 from the week before and the third lowest number of first time claims came through and they said they would go up. and boiling temperatures tell -- boiling anger, we will have more coming up on that game and what happened last night. it's available all month long as one of our march featured values, the newest way to enjoy subway every day! subway. eat fresh.

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the ferry board is considering putting off a for cent increase in ticket prices and coulded a fee for service. there should be one step ticket buying on the website. it is a nice way to get to the game but they don't want it to be too expensive. >> i think that would discourage people from using it. northbound 280 getting to the 880 interchange it does look good through san jose. and also they are off to a doesn't start -- decent start headed to the bottom of the bay. let's go to mark tamayo. here is the latest on storm tracker 2 in fact there is a loop and you will notice all of this activity offshore which will be a key factor later on

today. here is a closer inspection and you can see a few sprinkles and a few light showers out towards rays. you can kind on some more rain showers and mostly cloudy and your weekend will be warmed backup. is a stabbing victim is now in surgery and what police think led to the attack plus word of another stabbing nearby. thousands are expected to come to downtown san jose and we will tell you what to expect. hazelnut macchiato, please.

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company on the new york stock exchange and we have some exciting news for a new company, they were named sent man particular, -- they have a new name, so congratulations. >> good morning, i am dave clark. >> and good morning, i am pam cook, time now 6:30. >> we will begin with a huge public memorial, today's service is in honor of two sergeants. officer elizabeth butler and sergeant loran butch baker were killed in the line of duty and officer elizabeth butler was getting ready to -- sergeant loran butch baker was getting ready to retire and officer elizabeth butler worked as a pat control officer and -- patrol officer and hose taj negotiate -- hostage negotiator. we will start with claudine wong and she is in santa cruz,

claudine? >> reporter: we are just at the start where the procession will be but the line of cars is expected to stretch all the way down the screech towards the boardwalk which is down from where we are standing. 200 vehicles is expected to take part but that is just an estimate. i am here with the santa cruz sheriff's department and you said 200 are expected to start arriving and it could be longer, right? >> it could be longer and that's definitely an estimate and there could be other departments showing up. >> we know when something like this happens many come from across the nation, how do you organize something where so many people want to take part and pay tribute to these officers? >> it has been a long difficult road to work on something like this but we worked hard on this

and departments helped and that's a huge reason why it got transferred to the hp pavilion and a lot more people now can pay respects. >> we know there were private services earlier in the week as well, something like this, you said the procession stretches just two miles by itself, what do you want the public to know as it stretches 33 miles and it will go through a lot of communities before it arrives at its final destination. >> it will delay traffic but this will be a huge reminder of the sacrifice these officers gave to our community. people will be paying respects over bridges, kids waving flags, this will be the longest procession i have been in and this will be an example of dedication and their career here in santa cruz. >> thank you, deputies are

joining us and all our thoughts are with you and in the next half hour we expect some of the hundreds are beginning to line and you it is a big event to toward nate -- coordinate everything but certainly so many want to be part of this tribute. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> we continue with janine de la vega outside san jose where this morning's public memorial will be held, here is more. >> reporter: thousands of people are expected to show up at the hp pavilion for a day of mourning. officer elizabeth butler and sergeant loran butch baker are being remembered. sergeant loran butch baker was with the police department for 28 years and he leaves behind a wife and two sons who work for the department. officer elizabeth butler worked for ten years and leaves behind her partner and two young sons. they were gunned down during an

investigation and there has been such an outpouring that a develop how was not big enough. the pavilion can hold 20,000 people and they will reveal to us who will be participating at this service today. >> i am not giving the eulogy and others will do this and i will talk in more general terms about the law enforcement profession and our community and i'll say a few things about the officers themselves. >> reporter: the chief told us there will be law enforcement from all over the state and across the country and there will be a helicopter fly over and santa cruz native james dish bin at the requeses-- durbin at the request of the family. pamela harris and governor jerry brown are all coming to pay respect as well as leon panetta. coming up, we will tell you

more about these fallen officers especially one of them and what their special connection was here to the hp pavilion. janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> stay with us all day long for special coverage of today's memorial and the procession bring in santa cruz and our public memorial begins at 11:00 with the service then starting at noon. now to developing news in san francisco, 2 overnight stabbings are being investigated and they happened within blocks of each other. two separate investigations are happening, here is march? >> we understand one man is in critical condition and the other one is expected to be okay. it happened at 3:30 this morning, a man was stabbed and the other ran off.

his injuries are considered non- life threatening. earlier near mission street and 17th, violence broke out in an alleyway. a 32-year-old man was involved in a fight and was stabbed in the and demeant, we are -- abdomen and we are not sure how many times. the victim is still in surgery in critical condition. inspectors already arrested somebody who is being questioned at mission and we are waiting to hear if he will be arrested. he is described as latino. and the other suspects are described as latino and they to not believe the stabbing was gang related and police do not believe these two stabbings were related in any way. we will stay on top of both of these stabbings and let you know the condition of that

person in surgery. tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 morning news. as we check in on traffic we should just remind with the procession cars are not allowed to pass that with the chp so it will slow things down to be aware of that. >> it will be traffic trouble for 85 to 87 so it start around 845 and that is an approximate time but we will be covering it for you. let's go to the willow pass grade, no major problems if you are headed out to the willow pass grade and the toll plaza is not filled in and some remain out at the parking lot and some are clear. we are having a little bit of a lighter morning at the bridge and in contra costa county 680 looks good and it is clear

headed to highway 24. let's go over to mark tamayo. there is not much in the way of rain activity and we have a storm system offshore and we will be bumping up the rain showers and coverage over the next few hours. right now we are very close to our coastline just touching parts of the shoreline and you will notice here is a closer inspection as we tighten out towards the area with a few light sprinkles. you will notice the golden gate bridge, there is not a lot of coverage and that will be changing especially by this afternoon. santa rosa 36, hayward 36, starting out this thursday morning at 41. this area of high pressure will be drifting closer to southern california today and tomorrow night and as it does it will boost up our shower chances and

a few thunderstorms coming in place to about 3,000 feet so a bit of a dusting in the bay area hills. this forecast model is showing rain showers especially right near the immediate coast out towards san francisco and for this afternoon a good portion of the bay area, there is a chance of a thunderstorm, not as much and showers are rotating through the bay area moving in from the south and west, and for tomorrow lots of clouds cover. for tomorrow, 8:00, especially coast side and for the afternoon hours, we bump up chances 53 to 58 degrees for your afternoon highs. more cloud cover for your friday morning, temperatures are warming back up especially by sunday. >> time now 4:30, the storm may not reach the sierra, in fact here is a live picture

interstate 880 at chuck e., it looks like you can breeze through, there are no chain requirements -- requirements but yesterday it was a given story. -- a different story. drivers faced rain and snow, that was good news for skiers and snowboarders, they talked about a weekend snow. parts of new england has caused a mess. it caused a banquet hall to collapse and right now more than 250,000 people are without power. time now 6:41, strange story, the father of a woman attacked by a lie beyond is -- lion is speaking out. >> his daughter's love for her

job and why this may have put her in danger. the strike that has north korea so upset, we will explain. traffic is not as thick as it normally is and we will tell you more about the morning commute. there's this island -- and it's got super-cute kangaroos.

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. we have more on your forecast and shower activity coming up in a few minutes. here is a quick look at some of the top stories coming up at 6:44 today is the day of mourning for two santa cruz officers who will be laid to rest and thousands will be expected to watch the procession that will start at the boardwalk and santa cruz and will end at santa cruz hp -- santa cruz hp pavilion and officer elizabeth butler and sergeant loran butch baker were both killed in the line of duty. and a hit-and-run in santa clara, a suspect's car was pushed into a tree and the driver suffered major head

injury and police caught the suspect a short time later. they are investigating two separate stabbings in the mission district. they believe the first stabbing was perceived by a fight. the suspect was arrested about an hour later and there was another stabbing and in that case the victim is expected to recover but the two suspects got away. new this morning, north korea is threatening a preemptive strike against the u.s. brian flores has more on the vote that has north korea so upset. pam, they are imposing sanctions on north korea because of the nuclear test. this is video... [ music ] >> again this is file video in front of north korean president

kim jong il. north korea threatened a cease- fire which ended the civil war with the south. despite the strong talk and rhetoric, they are still years a way to launch an accurate nuclear missile. but they have noticed an increase in military and the drills are unusually grant in scale. they are -- grand in scale. banks which funnel money into the country are being closely monitored as well as cargo and china also supports them as north korea continues to advance weapons technology but they say they will strike back if north korea attacks. we are hearing from the

father of a woman killed by lion at cat haven which is a big cat sanctuary located 45 miles east of fresno. she was found inside the lion enclosure. she had been attacked by a lion named couse couse and she was volunteering at the park. yesterday we spoke to her father on the phone and he said his daughter gave him a tour of the park on new year's day. >> i got to meet couse couse but that place said they wouldn't let you go into the cages and she was disappointed she could not go into the cages. >> they are now investigating why hansen was inside the lion enclosure. they are investigating what caused the death of venezuela

president hugo chavez. the guard said he died of a massive heart attack and he said he was with venezuela president hugo chavez at the very moment he died and that in his final moments, he mouthed the words, i don't want to die, please don't let me die. a formal memorial and service will be held for him. ryan is a house budget committee chairman and he was at the jefferson hotel just a couple of blocks away from the white house. john mccain was invited. according to the white house, president barack obama paid for the dinner out of his own pocket. sal, what is going on at milpitas? westbound 237 as you drive through you will see some slowing and so far anyway we

have conditions which are not quite as busy except for one key spot and you can see the bay bridge toll plaza, it is lighter than normally and we have about a backup delay. if you look at 880, we had a minor crash and you can see traffic is very busy but even then, if this was a heavier day, traffic might be backed all the way into panola making it slower in richmond. let's go to mark tamayo. we don't have rain showers but that will be changing, we have overcast skies and a look at storm tracker 2 there is rain in the north pacific and you will notice with the live doppler sweeps, it will become a lot tighter and rain showers

in forest noel and this -- forest knolls and over the next hour i suspect there will be an increase especially in that part of the region. still it is cold, 30s and 40s, in santa rosa 36 degrees and san jose is starting out at 41 degrees. the satellite an area of low pressure, this will be the source of some rain showers for today and the possibility of some thunderstorms and in the next few hours, we have a chance of a thunderstorm and the cold air is coming down to 3,000 feet. here is our forecast and we have accumulating snow fall down to the south and the hills of monterey and san bernardino county up to about 4,000 feet. there is an increase in the rain showers and basically we will continue with that theme

into the early part of the afternoon and there is a chance for a thunderstorm with the cold unstable area -- unstable air in place. we have showers and temperatures mainly in the mid- to-upper 50s and tomorrow starting out with clouds and with your weekend always in view, we have a dry forecast and temperatures are warming up. this morning federal safety investigators will report on what they discovered so far about the battery fire on board a 787. they say it is a partial report and it's notment for that -- not meant for that and a dye decision could be -- a decision could be made in the coming weeks. they estimated more than $44 billion of goods and increasing

crude oil imports helped to boost that number and a weak european economy helped to limit exports. the gap was bigger than ists fo are just checking in on wall street. we had some good numbers on the jobs and so far it is looking good today. oh, you better check your lotto ticket, a new multi- million air is live -- multi- million air is living here in the bay districts. a decision is just made about taking part in a cell bracing, stay tuned. -- celebration. stay tuned.

. taking a look at the big board, dow jones industrial average, 3:37 and the nasdaq and s&p 500 also up right now. the lucky owner of a lottery ticket, somebody bought it at the heather farm shell station in walnut creek and this is new video of that station and we caught up with one man who frequently stops there. he said he still has dreams of what he would do with the money.

>> right now i am getting married so i would pay for the wedding being, give my feasance -- fiance an amazing honeymoon and donate most of it. >> that is nice. the winning numbers are 1, 2, 3, 22, 34 and winning meganumber 8. if you want a chance to walk on the bay bridge you can do it for free. they considered charging a fee during the labor day weekend party but now they are dropping that. the grand opening will feature fireworks and competitive runs and they are expecting about 150,000 people to be part of this. >> right, a lot of people want to be part of it. coming up on 7:00, we want sal to be part of it. speaking of